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CSUN Cinematheque

The screenings sponsored by the CSUN Cinematheque support the academic mission of the Cinema and Television Arts Department. They are usually provided in conjunction with a required class lecture. Seating is reserved for those students enrolled in the course. If extra seating is available, it will be offered to anyone wishing to audit the lecture.

The Alan and Elaine Armer Theater is located in Manzanita Hall. For DIRECTIONS, click on QUICK LINKS for a map of the campus. The University requires a parking permit to park in the University parking lots. Parking permits are available for purchase ($6) at the Information Booths located on Prairie Street on the west side of campus and Lindley Avenue on the south side of campus. Exact change is required.

 

Monthly Screening Schedules

Fall 2009


Spring 2010

Screening Schedule

Please be aware that the Armer Theater follows the rules of etiquette endorsed by the Television Academy and the Motion Picture Academy screening facilities. For the optimum viewing experience and to maintain the pristine environment, we do not allow any food (including chewing gum) or drinks (including bottled water) into the venue. We require that all cell phones, computers, mp3 players, and text messaging devices be turned off and put away during events. We require that each guest be properly seated in order to remain in the venue and that they refrain from disturbing others guests by talking during the screenings.
SEATING IS ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SEATED BASIS. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES ARE GENERAL ADMISSION SEATS HELD FOR GUESTS WHO ARE NOT READY TO BE SEATED. THIS MEANS THAT GUESTS MAY NOT HOLD SEATS FOR FRIENDS WHO WILL BE ARRIVING LATE OR WHO ARE FURTHER BACK IN THE QUEUE.
 

May

Poster for Terminal Station

4 May - Tuesday - 7 PM

Terminal Station

(1953 - 1 hr. 29 min. - story Cesare Zavattini w Truman Capote, Luigi Chiarini, Giorgio Prosperi
d Vittorio De Sica)

An American housewife on a Roman holiday bids farewell to her Roman lover only to have him follow her to the train station and beg her to stay. The two try for one final encounter in an empty railroad car but their passion is cut short when a worker finds them in the act and brings them to the authorities where they almost get arrested for lewd behavior.

(movies.yahoo.com)

Indiscretion of an American Wife

(1953 - 1 hr. 12 min. - story Cesare Zavattini w Truman Capote, Luigi Chiarini, Giorgio Prosperi d Vittorio De Sica --- the film TERMINAL STATION re-edited by David O. Selznick)

 
Poster for Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

5 May - Wednesday - 4 PM

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

(2006 - 2 hr. 25 min. - novel Patrick Süskind w Andrew Birkin, Bernd Eichinger, Tom Tykwer d Tom Tykwer)

Based on the bestselling novel by Patrick Süskind, "Perfume" is a story of murder and obsession set in 18th-century France. Jean-Baptiste Grenouille has a unique talent for discerning the scents and smells that swirl around him, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. Strangely lacking any scent of his own, he becomes obsessed with capturing the irresistible but elusive aroma of young womanhood. As Grenouille's obsession turns deadly, twelve young girls are found murdered. Panic breaks out as people rush to protect their daughters, while an unrepentant and unrelenting Grenouille still lacks the final ingredient to complete his quest.

(movies.yahoo.com)

Poster for The Lovers

5 May - Wednesday - 7 PM

The Lovers

(1958 - 1 hr. 29 min. - novel Dominique Vivant w Louise de Vilmorin d Louis Malle)

A shallow, provincial wife finds her life changed overnight by a sudden tryst with an unpretentious, young architect.

(movies.yahoo.com)

Poster for Spartacus

6 May - Thursday - 4 PM

Spartacus

(1960 - 3 hr. 2 min. - novel Howard Fast w Dalton Trumbo d Stanley Kubrick)

The slaves of ancient Rome revolt and are quashed.

(movies.yahoo.com)

Poster for Intervista

6 May - Thursday - 7 PM
Thursday Nights at the Cinematheque / The Films of Federico Fellini

Intervista

(1987 -- 1 hr. 45 min. --  w Federico Fellini, Gianfranco Angelucci (II)   d Federico Fellini)

This mock-documentary provides a multi-layered look at Fellini by Fellini in which he's interviewed by Japanese journalists while filming an adaptation of Kafka's "Amerika" on the legendary stages of Rome's Cinecitta. A personal look at moviemaking from a very personal filmmaker.

(movies.yahoo.com)